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This post covers steps used to deploy the workflow feature to a SharePoint site (or sub-site as shown in this example URL: http://ServerNameHere/sites/SubSiteNameHere). Attached is a sample SharePoint workflow feature that can configured to perform a daily refresh of an Excel file from a SharePoint site (i.e. refreshing the data connections to update data from external sources).

To setup the Visual Studio Solution, you will need to change the URL located in the three areas shown below:

NOTE: This feature is being deployed to “Scope = Site”, not Farm, Web or Web Application scope.

If you are running a single server instance of Sharepoint this should not happen (i.e. your deployment should be completed successfully). In the case of a Sharepoint server farm you will need to perform the following steps manually to complete the installation.

From the “SharePoint 2010 Central Administration” site:

Navigate to: “System Settings” -> “Manage farm solutions”

Click on “excelrefreshworkflow.wsp”

Click on “Deploy Solution” and complete the deployment screen (schedule or run immediately).

Refresh the farm solutions screen until the solution management screen until the status column shows “Deployed” (note, the “Deployed To” column should show “Globally deployed.”).

NOTE: Make sure the “SharePoint 2010 Timer” service is running; otherwise, this step will not complete.

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